Hastings Fishermen's Museum, Hastings

Name: Hastings Fishermen's Museum
Address: Rock-A-Nore Rd, Hastings, TN34 3DW, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1424 461446

#5 among attractions in Hastings

Top attraction, Museum, Specialty museum, Maritime museum

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Hastings Fishermen's Museum is a museum dedicated to the fishing industry and maritime history of Hastings, a seaside town in East Sussex, England. It is housed in a former church, officially known as St Nicholas' Church and locally as The Fishermen's Church, which served the town's fishing community for nearly 100 years from 1854. After wartime damage, occupation by the military and subsequent disuse, the building was leased from the local council by a preservation society, which modified it and established a museum in it. It opened in 1956 and is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in the town and borough of Hastings. The building, a simple Gothic Revival-style stone chapel, has been listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance. ()

Built: 1854 (170 years ago)Visitors per year: 140 thous.Coordinates: 50°51'22"N, 0°35'43"E

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Rock-A-Nore RdHastings TN34 3DW United Kingdom

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+44 1424 461446

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Hastings Fishermen's Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hastings Contemporary, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings Castle, Robertson Street United Reformed Church.

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Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Hastings Contemporary, Hastings
3 min walk • The Hastings Contemporary is a museum of contemporary British art located on The Stade in Hastings, East Sussex and is a not for profit organisation. The gallery opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery and cost £4m to build.
0.6 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings
16 min walk • Priory Meadow Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The centre was opened in 1997 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
0.4 miW
Ruined 11th-century Norman fortress
Hastings Castle, Hastings
12 min walk • Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated in the town of Hastings, East Sussex. It overlooks the English Channel, into which large parts of the castle have fallen over the years.
0.8 miW
Church
Robertson Street United Reformed Church, Hastings
20 min walk • Robertson Street Congregational Church is a former United Reformed church in the centre of Hastings, a seaside town and borough in East Sussex, England.
0.6 miW
City hall
Hastings Town Hall, Hastings
17 min walk • Hastings Town Hall is a municipal building in Queen's Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Hastings Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
1 miW
Concerts and shows, Hotel, Theater
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
26 min walk • White Rock Theatre is a medium-scale receiving house venue owned by Hastings Borough Council situated on the seafront of Hastings, East Sussex, on the south coast of England. It currently presents a varied programme of touring shows including opera, ballet, musicals, the Hastings Musical Festival and children's shows.
1.1 miW
Museum, Art museum, Natural history museum
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings
27 min walk • Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery located in, Hastings, East Sussex, England. Established in 1892, it originally resided in the Brassey Institute, but moved to its current location in 1927. As of 2019 it had around 97,000 objects of local history, natural sciences, fine and decorative arts, and world cultures.
~100 ftE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Shipwreck Museum, Hastings
1 min walk • The Shipwreck Museum is an independent charitable museum in the historic Old Town of Hastings, UK. The museum has artefacts from many ships wrecked in the English Channel from the Goodwin Sands in Kent to Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, including the Amsterdam, a Dutch East Indiaman of 1749, and the Anne of 1690, a warship of Charles II.
0.8 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Holy Trinity Church, Hastings
21 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Hastings, a town and borough in the English county of East Sussex.
0.8 miW
Universities and schools
East Sussex College, Hastings
20 min walk • East Sussex College or East Sussex College Group is the largest higher education college in East Sussex, providing education and training from foundation to degree level.
1.2 miW
Park
Summerfields Wood, Hastings
30 min walk • Summerfields Wood is a 6.3-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Hastings in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Hastings Borough Council. There are many paths through this semi-natural wood, which has a number of ponds. Birds include firecrest, whinchat, ring ouzel, wood warbler, spotted flycatcher and pied flycatcher.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Hastings Fishermen's Museum?

Nearby attractions include Rock-a-Nore, Hastings (1 min walk), Shipwreck Museum, Hastings (1 min walk), Hastings Contemporary, Hastings (3 min walk), The Stade, Hastings (4 min walk).

How to get to Hastings Fishermen's Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Hastings Fishermen's Museum:

Train

Ore (20 min walk)
Hastings (21 min walk)

Bus

Hastings Town Centre, Railway Station (21 min walk)